The Tell Tale Blues Quilt

I thought that my Tell Tale Blues quilt, which was one of the eight flimsies made since July, would be the one I would finally finish. This quilt was made with a Jelly Roll, last Saturday was Sew A Jelly Roll Day and I seem to be sew-lebrating with making quilts with 2.5” strips this month since The Kitty Corn Mix quilt was a finally finish earlier this month and another flimsy made which you will see later in this post. I mentioned this quilt in a July post when it was a flimsy and called it a dream/scream project: I’m thinking a better name for a project of this type would be a daydream since I worked on it for one day and then set it aside.

Like some of my quilts, I wasn’t planning to make my Tell Tale Blues quilt. Every day, I receive a memory photo feed from either Apple or Amazon, and I just so happened to receive the above photo of The Opposites 2.5” strip roll taken in October, 2020 which was when I purchased it. Of course, it prompted me to make another Staggered Strips and Bricks quilt like my Celestial Moonrise Quilt.

After pulling additional fabrics from The Opposite collection from my stash of Marcia Derse fabrics since the roll was not going to be enough, I decided to use the yardage of The Blue One which was a nice accent against the black, gray, white and natural tones of The Opposite fabrics.

Here’s a photo of my yardage of The Blue One before it was cut up into 4.5”x16.5” bricks, both horizontally and vertically.

Lessons learnt from the making of The Celestial Moonrise quilt on the right was applied to The Tell Tale Blues quilt. I wish I had more of the blue fabric since I think it almost gets lost against the black, grays, white and natural and not liking it too much after the flimsy was finished. It sort of looks “spooky” doesn’t it, which how I came up with the name because thumping sounds and Edgar Allen Poe came into mind as I was sewing this late into the night.

I had the perfect backing for The Tell Tale Blues quilt which was my last piece of IKEA’s 2010 Beckmans of Design print which fits the spooky feel. Even though the backing was 60” wide, I still had to sew additional strips on the side to accommodate the width of this quilt.

I was happy with my choice of using #4060 Aurifil thread for the top since it blended nicely with all of the colors and silver was used for the bottom.

Here’s some close-ups of the fabrics and the machine quilting of straight and wavey lines. For the binding, I used leftovers from The Blue One along with additional blue prints from the Marcia Derse stash. The Tell Tale Blues quilt measures 60”x80”(approx.). 

It was just a little bit windy this morning when an outside photo was taken and the Master Quilt Holder had no problems holding it up. It looks so pretty in the morning light.

Before The Tell Tale Blues quilt was a finally finished, I worked on another daydream project for several days with my 2.5” strips leftover from previous Staggered Strips and Squares quilts. Once this is quilted, I’ll have more details but wanted to show you a pic of the Master Quilt Holder and the Apprentice Quilt Holder who both were needed to hold up this 80”x92” flimsy. The Apprentice Quilt Holder is leaving the Nest which means he may not be around much to help hold up the quilts. I don’t think this was an incentive for him to finally move but it sure is nice for me to have his old bedroom for another creative space. BTW, this quilt will be for the bed which will still remain.

We’ll be heading to the GP house tomorrow where the darling Granddaughter will be babysitting us for a week. Trips to the Zoo and Pumpkin Patch are planned and maybe a little chance of some sewing and knitting.  Upon our return, some home reorganization and makeover will definitely keep Hubby and I busy.

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